Definition
Relating to or belonging to the stilt-walker group of wading birds; having characteristics of long-legged water birds.
Etymology
From Latin 'grallae' (stilts) + '-ine' (adjective suffix). This Latinate adjective provided another way for naturalists to classify or describe birds with the stilt-walking characteristic.
Kelly Says
Scientific adjectives ending in '-ine' (like 'feline' or 'canine') gave naturalists a way to create a whole family of related words, allowing them to build consistent naming systems from just a few Latin roots.
Translations
ARالعربية
جرالين
jar-a-leen
CACatalà
gralline
gra-leen
CSČeština
gralline
gra-leen
DADansk
gralline
gra-leen
DEDeutsch
Gralline
grah-lee-na
ELΕλληνικά
γραλλίνη
gra-lee-ni
ESEspañol
gralline
gra-lee-na
FISuomi
gralline
gra-leen
FRFrançais
gralline
gra-leen
HEעברית
גרללינה
gra-lee-na
HIहिन्दी
ग्रालिन
gra-leen
HUMagyar
gralline
gra-leen
IDBahasa Indonesia
gralline
gra-leen
ITItaliano
gralline
gra-leen
MSBahasa Melayu
gralline
gra-leen
MYမြန်မာ
ဂရာလိန်း
gra-lee-n
NLNederlands
gralline
gra-leen
NONorsk
gralline
gra-leen
PLPolski
gralline
gra-leen
PTPortuguês
gralline
gra-leen
RORomână
gralline
gra-leen
RUРусский
граллина
gra-lee-na
SVSvenska
gralline
gra-leen
SWKiswahili
gralline
gra-leen
TAதமிழ்
குரல்லினி
kura-li-ni
TEతెలుగు
గ్రాల్లిని
gra-lli-ni
TRTürkçe
gralline
gra-leen
UKУкраїнська
гралліна
gra-lee-na
VITiếng Việt
gralline
gra-leen